Only press members with proper identification and RSVP listed guests were allowed at the West Front of the Capitol in the unveiling of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s massive 1,990-page health care bill. Many folks were turned away by the police and Democrat staffers if their names weren’t on the list.
Yes, that’s transparency for you:
The West Front of the Capitol — where President Obama was inaugurated — is traditionally open to the public. But the entrances were blocked off Thursday morning by metal fences, with Capitol Police officers standing next to staff members holding clipboards with lists of approved attendees.
“The steps of the Capitol are and should be open to the public,” Minority Whip Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, said on the House floor Thursday night. But House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, denied the charge.
“I was there. I saw nobody turned away. I saw nobody precluded from attending,” he told Mr. Cantor.
Oh really, how would you explain this video?
Clearly Pelosi and her gang were afraid that protesters may rain on her party. The Democrats had to do everything they could to ensure no “tea party” mob would interrupt the event. They know deep in their hearts that the American public is against a government-run health insurance program, but they still want to stuff it down our throats.
